Donna Schoenherr

Digital images, mixed media, painting, photography

My artwork is abstract, instinctually led, and very much related to a sense of movement since I am a choreographer and I was a professional dancer. In my work on paper, canvas and other, I enjoy working in every medium including oils, inks, acrylics, watercolours, pastels, chalk, and pencils in my pieces. Currently, I mainly use watercolours, but I paint with them as if they were acrylics, so the outcome is not what one expects with watercolours. The collages and assemblages I create are fanciful, colourful, and quirky and made from collected objects and images. My photography has ranged from Instant to Kodak film, to handmade black  and white prints, to the digital world and encompasses many subjects.  As a daughter of a well- known photographer, photography is in my blood, and I photograph on a daily basis; a great deal of dance and nature, and I am always on the lookout for a special moment. My homemade cards have been in circulation for decades and my eclectic creative portfolio extends over four decades.

I try to find the beauty of life, surprises, humour, and the unique and abstract in everything. Inspiration and guidance have always come from the following: nature, dance, environment, simplicities that surround me, quality of light, shadows, reflections, dances of light and shadow, movement in light and shadows, and wonderment.